Trellis.



No. 824,227. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

G. D. BASSE.

TRELLIS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG. 1.6,1905.

WITNESSES INVENTOR A TTORN E Y5 UNITED STATES GERHARD :o. BASSE, or

MIINVAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TRELLIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed December 16,1905. Serial No. 291,971.

To al whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERHARD D. BASSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trellises, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trellises for vines and otherclimbing plants.

The object of my invention is, among other things, first, to provide atrellis which may be temporarily attached to the side of a building orother suitable support for supporting vines and climbing plants duringthe summer season and which may at the close of the season be taken downfrom its support with the vines thereon, when the trellis and vinestogether may be rolled in a small compact bundle without removing ordisengaging the vines from the ground, when both the vines and thetrellis together may be covered up with leaves, straw, or other suitablematerial and thereby shielded from the injurious effects of the frostduring the winter months, also by which when the proper time arrives thevines and trellis may be quickly unwound and again suspended in placefrom the walls of a building or other support.

A second object of my invention is to provide means for keeping thetrellis taut and in a true vertical position, and, third, to providemeans for preventing the lower end of the trellis from swinging.

The construction of my invention is explained by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view, andFig. 2 represents a front view, as it appears suspended from the wall ofa building.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters in both views.

A represents the screen, which is preferably formed of flexible wire,which is woven together in the ordinary manner. The screen A is providedat its upper and lower ends with horizontal bars B B, which are securedthereto by a plurality of nails or staples C, and the same is suspendedfrom the wall of a building D or other support by a plurality of hooks EE and F F, the hooks E being connected with the building and the hooks Fwith the edge of the upper bar B. The lower bar B is provided with aplurality of weights G, which are suspended therefrom by hooks H in anysuitable manner. When the trellis has been completed, it is suspendedfrom the building, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and the weights G areconnected with the lower bar B, as shown, whereby said trellis will beretained in a true vertical position and prevented from wrinkling orbending, as it might otherwise be caused to do by eX pansion orcontraction, as said weights G serve to keep the same taut and preventit from becoming warped or bent out of shape. To prevent the lower endof the trellis from swinging, I preferably connect the same with thewall D by the horizontal wire I and wireretaining hooks J.

Thus it will be obvious that the trellis described may be readily andquickly atport and that to protect the vines which are suspended fromthe trellis it is necessary simply to disengage the hooks F from thehooks E and roll the trellis, together with the vines thereon, in acompact bundle around the upper bar B and placing the roll thus formedon the ground in close proximity to the roots of the vines, when thevines and the trellis may be properly covered, so as to shield them fromthe elements during the winter season. It will also be obvious that whendesirous to secure the vines to the building it is necessary simply tounwind the trellis, together with the vines, and suspend the same, asbefore, from the hooks E, whereby the annoyances and trouble heretoforeexperienced in detaching the vines from the trellis in the fall of theyear and replacing them in the spring is entirely overcome.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a vine-supporting trellis, means for suspendingthe trellis from a wall, a plurality of weights and means for suspendingsaid weights from the lower end of said trellis.

2. A trellis comprising acentral flexible wire portion, rigid barsconnected with the respective ends of said wire portion, a plurality ofsuspension-hooks for connecting the upper bar of said trellis with asupportingwall, a plurality of weights and means for connectin saidweights with the lower bar of said tre lis, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a building-wall provided with a plurality ofsuspension-hooks a vine-supporting trellis comprising a central flexiblewire portion, a horizontal bar tached to the wall of a building or othersup- IIO aflixed to the upper edge of said wire portion, a plurality ofhooks aflixed to said upper bar and adapted to engage the hooks whichare connected with the wall, a horizontal bar affixed to the lower edgeof said screen and a plurality of weights suspended from said lowerhorizontal bar.

4. The combination of a building-wall provided with a plurality ofsuspension-hooks a vine-supporting trellis comprising a central flexiblewire portion and a plurality of horizontal bars, one of said bars beingaffixed at its upper edge and one at its lower edge and an additionalbar or bars interposed between its upper and lower edge, a plurality ofsuspension-hooks attached to the upper horizontal bar and adapted toengage upon the suspension-hooks which are afiixed to the wall, aplurality of weights suspended from the lower horizontal bar, aplurality of hooks iLlTlXGd to the wall near the lower edge of saidscreen and a transverse rod connected with said lower hooks in front ofsaid screen and adapted to prevent the same from swinging, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GERHARD D. BASSE. Witnesses:

J AS. B. ERWIN, O. R. ERWIN

